Thursday, September 29, 2011

Under The Sea With Evolution’s Controversial Artist

Ernst Haeckel was a professor of zoology in Germany from 1865 until 1909, who occasionally stooped to a bit of skullduggery to prove his theories. However the real area in which he stands out for me is his superb illustrations he created to illustrate his theories and work.

The published artwork of Haeckel includes over 100 detailed, multi-colour illustrations of animals and sea creatures that are extraordinary in their attention to detail. In a time before the camera was used to record detail we had Haeckel!



Jellyfish have never looked so good! Even though I am always impressed with the real thing, these just take my breath away!






In Savoir Faire's eyes these are sublime!

Posted by David Toms at 8:00 PM

19 comments:

  1. ThombeauSeptember 29, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    He's always been one of my very favorites!

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  2. normadesmondSeptember 29, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    sf is right!

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  3. BriSeptember 29, 2011 at 10:40 PM

    These are so great! I love the jellyfish ones!

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  4. Mark D. RuffnerSeptember 29, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    These are gorgeous, David. I'm so glad I could click to enlarge them.

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  5. IngeSeptember 30, 2011 at 2:40 AM

    I learned something new today...thank you. And the illustrations are just amazing. People had and took their time back then to create almost perfect things...

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  6. PetSeptember 30, 2011 at 2:50 AM

    I didn't know about Haeckel. A real artist. He has somehow remind me of William Morris with his 19th century botanic patterns. I did write a Post around him some time ago:
    http://pencilandbox.blogspot.com/2011/02/timeless-patterns.html
    And thanks for your offer. Enjoy your harsh winter. I will advertise myself again for summer :-)

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  7. UnknownSeptember 30, 2011 at 3:29 AM

    Splendid!

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  8. Jane and Lance HattattSeptember 30, 2011 at 3:49 AM

    Hello David:
    We agree with you entirely. These are wonderful and even more so as we knew nothing of Haeckel or his work until now. We shall investigate further.

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  9. dimitriSeptember 30, 2011 at 5:28 AM

    Totally agree with you, it's sublime.
    I love the colors, the style. So artistic.

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  10. ParnassusSeptember 30, 2011 at 5:30 AM

    These 19th century high-quality color lithographs have an almost surreal or hyper-real quality. The effect reminds me somewhat of Technicolor movies.

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  11. Adrien LorenSeptember 30, 2011 at 6:13 AM

    Wow! it's incredible!!!


    kisses and have a nice day!


    Adrien Loren

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  12. Chicago Chic September 30, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    Wow, I agree David! Such gorgeous artwork this is! Absolutely amazing.
    I hope you have a great weekend, friend!

    XO
    Rachel

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  13. Iván The Trendy SurferOctober 1, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    There are some amazing illustrations, shapes, colors, lots of art!

    Regards


    http://thetrendysurfer.blogspot.com/

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  14. MrJefferyOctober 1, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    so cool!

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  15. Jimmy The Undercover DesignerOctober 2, 2011 at 3:09 AM

    Thanks you for the intro never saw these before. They are amazing. Illustrations always amaze me with their attention to detail and the idea that they were the camera for people who lived in that era

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  16. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 8:55 AM

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  17. jasonOctober 2, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    beautiful
    I'd love to see them on china! Or wall paper. Or....! :)

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  18. Mr kaneOctober 3, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    I have giving you a Award!
    http://mrkanerule.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-september-issue-some-news-award.html

    Hugs
    JK

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  19. FabiénneOctober 4, 2011 at 5:30 AM

    thanks for the wonderful comment!
    great post!


    x
    THATGIRLKIP

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